Principal's Report

We are in the 9th month of 2014 with much that has happened and been achieved in this time. We are looking forward to an exciting last part of the year.Grade R Our little ones are having such an enjoyable year. Lots of learning through playtime. They will be going to the Pink Fig as their outing for the 3rd term which is always a highlight of the year.Grade 2 Our Grade 2’s will be going to the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum for an art workshop. This is the first time that we are attending this workshop and are really looking forward to the experience.GRADE 4 Our first exams for our Grade 4’s was met with a little nervousness but our children did very well for the most part. We are expecting them to do even better in their final exam in November. A group of Grade 4’s attended a science expo at NNMU which was thoroughly enjoyed and a lot was learnt. This term they are also fortunate to be attending the art workshop at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum. An experience they are all looking forward to. Our teachers have gone down to the Department for School Bases Assessment and Moderation and have done exceptionally well. Our Primary School is off to a very good start with these extremely talented teachers.Spelling Bee This was a huge success once again this year. Our children did very well in the spelling test and the money raised was used to buy our 1st line marker for our fields. We were also able to buy a school camera so that photos can be taken of various events and placed on our Facebook page for our parents to see.Master and Miss Cotswold We will be holding this much anticipated event on the 26 September. Our Grade 1’s will be dressing up to the “Big Splash” theme; Grade 2’s theme will be “Floral Fun” and our Grade 3’s will be dressing up to the theme “Garden Ball”. We will be choosing the Little Miss/Master Splash in Grade 1; Miss/Master Floral Fun in Grade 2 and our Master and Miss Cotswold will be chosen from our Grade 3 boys and girls. Watch this space for this year’s winners!Inter-House Sport This exciting day will take place on Tuesday 30 September. We are looking forward to seeing which House is going to win this year. We will be playing netball, soccer and hockey matches.Computer Fundraising Drive We are in the process of fundraising so that we can buy Chrome Books for our computer lab. We have a FUN DAY planned for Friday 24 October which will be our main fundraising event for this drive. We urge anyone who is able to sponsor a chrome book to please contact the school. This has and continues to be a year of making history at Cotswold. With God guiding us we are able to give our children a very good education and a sound start to their future.